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The family of an Angolan man who died after being restrained by three G4S guards has launched civil proceedings against the security services multinational after an inquest jury found that he had been unlawfully killed on a plane intended to deport him. Jimmy Mubenga, 46, was judged by a majority...

The UK Border Agency has rejected a call by prison inspectors to stop using force on pregnant women and children it is trying to remove from the UK, according to an internal government document seen by the Guardian. The document contains UKBA’s response to recommendations for improvement at the government’s...

It emerged on Monday that a pregnant asylum seeker had been evicted on the day that her baby was induced; that the housing subcontractor, Target, knew she was set to give birth on that day; and that G4S (wouldn’t you know it), the main contractor, had an excuse waiting ready....

A pregnant woman in a wheelchair was tipped up and had her feet held by staff from G4S, the firm behind the Olympics security shambles, as she was forcibly removed from the country. The disclosure comes in the first report into conditions at a new centre designed to hold families...

More routine use should be made of a controversial “child-friendly” detention centre for families facing removal from Britain, according to a new Home Office watchdog. The independent family returns panel says that the child welfare charity Barnardo’s, which provides welfare services at the G4S-run Cedars “pre-departure centre”, should drop its...

Home Office ministers have ordered weekly reports on the progress of two new contracts with the private security companies G4S and Serco to house and provide support services for thousands of asylum seekers and their families. The chief executive of the UK Border Agency (UKBA), Rob Whiteman, has confirmed that...

A former chief inspector of prisons has condemned the decision not to bring charges against three G4S guards over the death of a detainee as “perverse”, insisting a senior coroner should now oversee an inquest. Speaking during a House of Lords debate on Thursday, the crossbencher Lord Ramsbotham, called on...

“I am no longer human, because how can you be human when you have no voice? I should have left myself die in my own country before I faced the humiliations I have faced in this country.” Ruth, originally from Zimbabwe, is seeking asylum in the UK. Her feelings are...

Campaigners say asylum seekers could be housed in “sub-standard, unsecure and overcrowded” housing and face huge upheaval. The claims come after contracts to provide accommodation for people seeking asylum in Britain were awarded to a private security firm that has been accused of “inhumane” policies, and whose staff are still...

Unauthorised, potentially lethal restraint techniques may still be being used to carry out immigration deportations despite assurances from the UK Border Agency and its private contractors, MPs warn. A Commons home affairs select committee inquiry into the treatment of people being deported also found evidence of a racist culture among...

Private security guards employed to forcibly remove people from the UK have used racist language and inappropriate force, a report by MPs has said. The Commons’ Home Affairs Committee said the UK Border Agency should challenge unacceptable behaviour by some of its contractors. The report comes 15 months after a...